Grace Rwaramba the Rwandese woman who worked for Michael Jackson for the last 17 years has been described by many as Michael Jackson's secret wife. She was the nanny for Michael Jackson's 3 children; Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11 and six-year-old Prince Michael II.   The children who referred to  Rwaramba as "mom" did not have a 'real' mother, just like Michael Jackson liked it. Debbie Rowe who gave birth to two of  the kids was not present in their lives while growing up. Katherine Jackson, the 'grandmother' who is likely to take the children was also not present in their lives, except for a few visits to the kids.
This only leaves one person who can legitimately be declared as the mother: Grace Rwaramba. She has always been present in their lives and as a result, she has formed a bond with the children as a 'real' mother would with her children. it seems that  the bond will be cut off because the kids will not be under her responsibility anymore. Many in Michael Jackson's entourage believed that Grace Rwaramba was the King of Pop's  secret wife.  Putting the legal wrangles aside, Rwaramba should be given custody of the children because this will be an advantage to the kids who deserve a 'normal' upbringing.

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Malawians are waiting for the resuts of the just ended elections that were held on Tuesday May 19th, 2009. The winner of the election is not Bakili Muluzi who endorsed his archrival; John Tembo of the Malawi Congress Party. The real winner is not Bingu wa Mutharika who is seeking the office of presidency for the second time. The Malawian people are the real winners of the elections because these elections were held without major recorded incidents. This is reaffirmed by taking a look at some the elections held in the African continent in the last five years. Some like the Kenyan elections were very bloody. On the other hand, Malawians should be happy tha no gruesome incidents were recorded (yet) and though all the borders were closed on election day, no war or guerilla activity has been prophesied. So the real winner is Malawi itself and its people.

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By Semsem Mbegu

SABC Miller, one of the world great producer of beer, announced that it will expand it capacity to produce beer in Africa.

In Sudan, the company has the capacity to produce 5 million gallons of beer, while the "project Tanzania" will have the capacity to produce 12 million gallons of beer and Mozambique: 25 million gallons.

Many Africans are wondering about the future of Africa. With the economy going down, many are loosing hope. Jeff Shumbusho from Uganda says that 'it is clear that many Africans will turn to drinking.' He adds that "Africans need more schools, computers and healthy food, not beer"

Do Africa need more beer? please send your opinions: africamatataopinion(@)gmail.com

By Semsem Mbegu

Africa Matata correspondent Adam Akilimali tells what is happening in Dar-es-Salaam:

"I work at least 5 Km from the Mbagala Military base in Dar-es-Salaam. when I heard the first blast, I was in my office ready to leave and the next thing I know is that I was on the ground for about 10 minutes, thinking about my wife and my two daughters.

The first thing that came in my mind was a terrorist attack like 9/11 in the USA or the US embassy attack in 1998. After I regained my energy, I gathered myself, look through the windows only to realize that the city was on fire, in the chaos everyone was running some from south to north and some from north to south. I tried to find a taxi, or a Daladala(bus)... None in sight.

I realized how unprepared we are to face situations like this.

That's when the second and third blow shook the ground. In my mind I said: this is Armaghedon, the end has arrived! I could see many people running, many wounded in the panic. I turned my pocket radio on. It was announced that there is an incident at the Mbagala Base,not to panic. I decided to walk home..."

It is believed that the explosions were caused by an accident. So far they have been hundreds of wounded and at least 3 dead according to the officials. Mbagala base had many amminutions stored including bombs, land mine and rockets.